Tiny Mouse Peeking from a House Limoges Box

A tiny mouse has made himself at home in a little house, peeking out as if checking who just knocked at the door. This hand-painted porcelain Limoges box is a mini sized piece, with its colors brushed on in Limoges, France.

Home Sweet Mouse Hole

The scene feels like a page from an old storybook about country mice and their cozy homes. The house gives the mouse a proper address, and the small scale makes the whole thing feel secret and snug, the kind of detail that rewards a closer look.

Tiny Tenants

• Hand-painted porcelain from Limoges, France
• Suits a mouse, cottage or miniature house collection
• Pairs with mouse on cheese and village house pieces

Housewarming in Miniature

It makes a charming housewarming present for a first home, a new apartment or a move to the country. Tuck it on a narrow ledge, a kitchen windowsill or between books on a shelf where it can be found by surprise. Anyone who collects mice, or who has a soft spot for little storybook houses, will enjoy it.

Where Porcelain Began

Porcelain has been made in Limoges since the late 1700s, after fine white kaolin clay was found near Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche. Mini boxes like this one carry on that long tradition in a small way.